The Valley of the Shadow

Augusta and Franklin Counties: 1870 Agricultural Statistics



In 1870, Augusta and Franklin had similar numbers of farms, and similar proportions of improved and unimproved farm acreage. While farms in Augusta tended to be much larger than those in Franklin, the value of land, farms, and farm products in Franklin were consistently around twice as much as those in Augusta.

General Agriculture Statistics

Total # of Farms # of Acres of Improved Land # of Acres of Unimproved Land
Augusta County 1,775 222,843 20,777
Franklin County 1,242 265,517 17,255





Farm Size

# of Farms under 3 acres # of Farms 3-9 acres # of Farms 10-19 acres # of Farms 20-49 acres # of Farms 50-99 acres # of Farms 100-499 acres # of Farms 500-999 acres # of Farms 1000 acres and over
Augusta County 0 105 79 224 395 935 35 2
Franklin County 0 54 40 124 283 734 6 1





Farm Values

1870 Cash Value of Farms 1870 Cash Value of Farming Implements Agricultural Wages Paid Value of all Livestock Value of Orchard Products Value of Animals Slaughtered Total Estimated Value of Farm Products
Augusta County $10,232,552 $284,003 $320,873 $1,086,917 $52,796 $346,890 $2,130,430
Franklin County $23,775,174 $839,899 $694,301 $2,270,161 $96,008 $579,709 $3,912,032



Source: University of Virginia Geospatial and Statistical Data Center. United States Historical Census Data Browser. ONLINE. 1998. University of Virginia. Available: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/.

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